Meconella
Meconella denticulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Papaveroideae
Tribe: Platystemoneae
Genus: Meconella
Nutt.
Type species
Meconella oregana

Meconella is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family. They are known generally as fairypoppies.

Species

There are about 3 species:[1]

ImageNameDistribution
Meconella californica – California fairypoppyaround the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra foothills
Meconella denticulata – smallflower fairypoppyfrom around the San Francisco Bay Area to the Peninsular Ranges
Meconella oregana – white fairypoppyOregon, California, Washington and British Columbia.


A fourth species, Meconella linearis,[2] is sometimes treated as Platystigma linearis[3] or Hesperomecon linearis.[4]

The species are endemic from British Columbia, Canada south to California.

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